elbachir-one / gt

gt is a tree-like program written in Go with a lot of features.

gt

gt, is a command-line tool written in Go that displays a tree of files and directories with colored icons.

Features

• Displays a tree of files and directories.
• Supports showing hidden files.
• Option to unsort files.
• Displays summary of files and directories.
• Colored icons based on file types.
• List directories.
• Order files.
• Print full path.

Installation

1. Ensure you have Go installed, and also Nerd Fonts

2. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/elbachir-one/gt
   cd gt
   go build gt.go
   ./gt

3. Install

    sudo cp gt /usr/local/bin/gt

Note: gt is in the AUR, and a template is available for Void Linux.

• Arch Linux

yay -Sy gt

• Void Linux

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/void-linux/packages
cd void-packages/
./xbps-install binary-bootstrap
mkdir srcpkgs/gt
vim srcpkgs/gt/template

Past the content of this template to your local template and save it.

./xbps-install pkg gt
sudo xbps-install -R hostdir/binpkgs gt

Usage

    gt [OPTIONS] [DIRECTORY]

Note: you can also pip gt to fzf or less.

gt | less -r

-r is an option for less to repaint the screen.

gt | fzf --ansi

Options:

Option	Description	example
-h	Show help
-v	Show version
-s	Show hidden files
-u	Files
-m	Summary
-d	List directories only
-o	Order files based on extension
-f	Print full path prefix to each file
--depth	Depth to which the tree should be displaye the default is -1 gt --depth 1 any number greater than or equal to 1 can be used.

Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are always welcome! Thank you.